Horn and East Africa

Central African Republic | Chad | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Kenya | Somalia | South Sudan | Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda

As armed violence continues to escalate, the illegal arms trade is having an impact on the everyday lives for people across Horn and East Africa. The presence and actions of oil companies from other countries with poor human rights records has destabilised the region, especially in Chad and Sudan.

The region suffers from systematic human rights abuses, including killing, torture, rape, looting and destruction of property. Human rights defenders continue to be at risk as governments across the region fail to protect human rights.

Read more about the countries in this region in our 2011 Annual Report 

Somalia: Use of child soldiers

Our report In the line of fire: Somalia's children under attack exposes how children in Somalia are being recruited as child soldiers, denied access to education and killed in indiscriminate attacks on urban areas. Read the report (pdf)

Further information

• African organisations call on Sudan to re-admit aid agencies 8 April 2009